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I'm riding the Mavic Ksyrium SLR wheels atm as a training-setup.I'm looking for an affordable sub 1400g wheelset with a mid-high profile (30 to 50mm)At the moment i'm looking at the ffwd F4R tub atm, 1250g at +-1200euro (top of my budget).Wondering if you guys could suggest any other interesting choice that suits my criteria .

Miche do some very resonably priced and lightweight tubular wheels. Also for hand builts there are the expsnsive ENVE rims or the cheaper Gigantex rims. If these are built with lightweight hubs then they would ome in 1400g or less.

I would go for either second hand Mavic CCUs for about that money. If you get ones which are straight there is very little not to like, apart from the fact that the freehub design could be lighter (swap in a Ti freehub). If you ride on steep slopes then the stiffness and low inertia is noticeable. Just not a good idea if you tend to do races where people put their pedals into your spokes. That said, my experience is that if you crash badly enough to take out spokes, then most of the time the rim is also toast. On the flat they roll nicely, but something like a Bora I think would be as good and looks nicer on an Italian bike.

If you want deep rims with light weight you could easily go well below 1kg by spending a lot of money on say AX lightness rims and top end Tune hubs, but in my view those bring problems of their own, like spoke pull through, impact resistance and maintenance of hubs with carbon axles. Therefore perhaps go for some 'starter drugs' with something like the Circusmonkey hubs and Gigantex rims, or for a bit more money go for Tune 180 hubs. They're not reall lighter, but are a higher quality product.

mrfish wrote:I would go for either second hand Mavic CCUs for about that money. If you get ones which are straight there is very little not to like, apart from the fact that the freehub design could be lighter (swap in a Ti freehub). If you ride on steep slopes then the stiffness and low inertia is noticeable. Just not a good idea if you tend to do races where people put their pedals into your spokes. That said, my experience is that if you crash badly enough to take out spokes, then most of the time the rim is also toast. On the flat they roll nicely, but something like a Bora I think would be as good and looks nicer on an Italian bike.

If you want deep rims with light weight you could easily go well below 1kg by spending a lot of money on say AX lightness rims and top end Tune hubs, but in my view those bring problems of their own, like spoke pull through, impact resistance and maintenance of hubs with carbon axles. Therefore perhaps go for some 'starter drugs' with something like the Circusmonkey hubs and Gigantex rims, or for a bit more money go for Tune 180 hubs. They're not reall lighter, but are a higher quality product.

Second hand CCUs is a risky non-budget call in my view. Never mind catastrophic crash, get hit from the side while cornering and good luck trueing them.